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September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Advanced Reactors
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Kevin T. Clarno
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin S. Collins
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Sensitivity of RPT Homogenization of Double-Heterogeneous Fuels to Reactor Characteristics Variation
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Nicholas F. Herring (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear)
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Implementation of a Fuel-Cladding Chemical Interaction Model for Metallic U-Zr and U-Pu-Zr Fuels for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors in FAST
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Dylan Wray (PNNL), Ken Geelhood (PNNL), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Analysis of Plutonium and Minor Actinides Generation in Pebble Bed Modular Reactors
10:50–11:10AM EDT
G. Alonso (ININ), R. C. Lopez (ININ), E. Martinez (ININ)
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